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	compsci
	ai	Developing artificial intelligence, machine learning. Tag AI usage only with `vibecoding`.	2,841	386
	compsci	Other computer science/programming	4,133	87
	distributed	Distributed systems	2,958	86
	formalmethods	Formal methods	1,432	156
	graphics	Graphics programming	2,581	143
	networking	Networking	3,781	79
	osdev	Operating system design and development when no specific OS tag exists	1,392	55
	plt	Programming language theory, types, design	3,441	78
	programming	Use when every tag or no specific tag applies	16,716	55
	culture
	culture	Technical communities and culture | hotness mod -0.25	4,135	164
	law	Law, patents, and licensing	1,675	194
	person	Stories about particular persons	1,156	130
	philosophy	Philosophy	1,277	144
	field
	cogsci	Cognitive Science	405	181
	cryptography	Cryptography	1,806	89
	education	Education	856	71
	finance	Finance and economics	526	189
	hardware	Hardware	7,248	91
	math	Mathematics	3,051	142
	science	It's "Science"	1,321	103
	format
	ask	Ask Lobsters	2,506	76
	audio	Link to audio (podcast, interview)	414	178
	book	Link to a book (not an ad or review)	1,015	63
	pdf	Link to a PDF document	4,992	75
	show	Show Lobsters / Projects	2,102	57
	slides	Slide deck	533	89
	transcript	Includes transcript of audio or video	134	44
	video	Link to a video	5,207	201
	genre
	art	Art	1,076	130
	event	Events, conferences, and meetups	860	108
	historical	History and retrospectives (not for things that happen to be old)	4,613	74
	job	Employment/Internship opportunities	244	174
	rant	Rants and raves | hotness mod -0.25	1,427	196
	release	Software releases and announcements	5,535	80
	satire	Satire, parody, and other humor | hotness mod -0.25	887	188
	interaction
	a11y	accessibility, assistive technology, standards	447	90
	design	Visual design	1,945	116
	visualization	Data visualization	1,138	99
	languages
	apl	Array Programming Languages such as APL, J, and K	286	183
	assembly	Assembly programming	1,410	231
	c	C programming	3,624	177
	c++	C++ programming	2,636	167
	clojure	Clojure programming	804	202
	concatenative	stackbased languages like Forth, Factor, Joy	52	47
	css	Cascading Style Sheets	801	155
	d	D programming	102	211
	dotnet	C#, F#, .NET programming	859	429
	elixir	Elixir programming	792	263
	elm	Elm programming	261	254
	erlang	Erlang development	773	289
	fortran	Fortran programming	69	241
	gleam	Strongly-typed BEAM language	124	74
	go	Golang programming	3,545	225
	haskell	Haskell programming	2,358	308
	java	Java programming	1,240	330
	javascript	Javascript programming	5,219	237
	kotlin	Kotlin programming	123	115
	lisp	Lisp and Scheme programming	2,164	273
	logiclangs	Prolog, Datalog, Z3, Picat, miniKanren, ASP etc. using clauses	37	23
	lua	Lua programming	409	238
	ml	MetaLanguage, OCaml programming	805	242
	nodejs	Node.js programming	545	220
	objectivec	Objective-C programming	74	242
	perl	Perl programming	314	284
	php	PHP programming	428	422
	python	Python programming	4,285	204
	ruby	Ruby programming	2,580	340
	rust	Rust programming	5,296	241
	scala	Scala programming	457	345
	swift	Swift programming	570	303
	zig	Zig programming	566	115
	lobsters
	announce	Site anouncement | hotness mod +1.0	50
	interview	Lobsters interviews	27
	meta	Lobsters-related bikeshedding - report bugs at https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters | hotness mod -0.25	748	1,387
	os
	android	Android	928	270
	dragonflybsd	DragonFly BSD	80	159
	freebsd	FreeBSD	1,382	251
	illumos	illumos	105	159
	ios	Apple iOS	1,052	265
	linux	Linux	6,465	79
	mac	Apple macOS	1,706	197
	netbsd	NetBSD	679	192
	nix	package manager, distribution, and related systems like guix	722	147
	openbsd	OpenBSD	1,532	239
	unix	*nix	2,906	70
	windows	Windows	1,466	337
	platforms
	browsers	Web browsers	2,203	99
	email	e-mail	350	34
	games	Game design and study	2,868	167
	merkle-trees	And related similar data structures. Not business/scam news.	783	306
	mobile	Mobile app/web development	988	152
	retrocomputing	Reproductions, emulators, and other revivals of historic technologies	477	36
	wasm	webassembly	667	75
	web	Web development and news	9,007	119
	practices
	api	API development/implementation	1,632	76
	debugging	Debugging techniques	1,256	38
	devops	DevOps	3,332	139
	performance	Performance and optimization	3,702	26
	practices	Development and team practices	8,370	89
	privacy	Privacy	2,425	77
	reversing	Reverse engineering	1,851	112
	scaling	Scaling and architecture	1,015	87
	security	Netsec, appsec, and infosec	12,358	83
	testing	Software testing	1,689	67
	virtualization	Virtualization	948	98
	tools
	compilers	Compiler design	2,920	111
	databases	Databases (SQL, NoSQL)	4,810	101
	editors	Code editors and IDEs without a specific tag	180	9
	emacs	Emacs editor	859	381
	systemd	Linux systemd	231	140
	vcs	Git, Mercurial, Perforce, Subversion, Jujutsu and other version control systems	1,775	76
	vibecoding	Using AI/LLM, coding tools. Don't also tag with `ai`.	3,388	704
	vim	Vim editor	555	192
	vscode	Visual Studio Code editor	17	85